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At Drug Science we like to cover different topics relating to drugs. These topics cover the many different ways that psychoactive substances have an impact on our culture and society.
Shared characteristics among those who co-ingest cocaine and alcohol prior to death by suicide: An examination of trends within the National Programme on Substance Use Mortality data
Whilst substance dependence is well-documented as a risk factor for suicide, less is understood about individuals who die by suicide following recreational polydrug use. Cocaethylene, a psychoactive metabolite produced by the co-ingestion of alcohol and cocaine, may be a cumulative risk factor for suicidality.
Cocaethylene – a personal account and commentary
In 2023, the potentially catastrophic consequences of mixing alcohol and cocaine became very real to me, when I made this error myself. Amongst other historically well documented, near universally known dangers of alcohol and cocaine as individual substances, knowledge of the effect they have when combined is much less common.
Anonymous
Jan 143 min read
The Cocaine Vape - A concept of a harm reduction device for current users of smokable cocaine forms
Authors Fabian P Steinmetz, Heino Stöver Published October 16, 2021 Although there are great regional differences, smokable forms of...
Fabian Steinmetz and Heino Stöver
Oct 18, 20212 min read
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